Artist Biography
Carmit Zori, Violin
Violinist Carmit Zori has appeared in concert with the New York Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and in recital at Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Her engagements abroad have included performances throughout Latin America and Europe, as well as in Israel, Japan, and Australia, where she premiered the Violin Concerto by Marc Neikrug.
In addition to her appearances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Ms. Zori has been a guest artist at the Chamber Music at the "Y" series in New York City, the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. She has been a regular participant at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. In addition to performing, Ms. Zori has been an artistic director at Bargemusic in New York. She has recorded on the Arabesque, Koch International, and Elektra-Nonesuch labels.
At the recommendation of Isaac Stern and Alexander Schneider, Carmit Zori came to the United States from her native Israel at the age of fifteen to study with Ivan Galamian, Jaime Laredo and Arnold Steinhart at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She is the recipient of a Leventritt Foundation Award, a Pro Musicus International Award, and a top prize in the Walter W. Naumberg International Violin Competition.